gild

v. t. (gĭld)

[imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.]
[AS. gyldan, from gold gold. √234. See Gold.]

1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. «Gilded chariots.» Pope.

No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.

Pope.

2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day.

Trumbull.

3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. Shak.

4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]

This grand liquior that hath gilded them.

Shak.

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verb

1. To give a deceptively attractive appearance to: color, gloss (over), gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, whitewash. Idioms: paper over, put a good face on. See true/false.
2. To make superficially more acceptable or appealing: candy, honey, sugar, sugarcoat, sweeten. See like/dislike.

IN BRIEF: To cover with a thin layer of gold. Also: Any group of people joined together in some work or for some purpose.

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616).

Tutor's tip: An art "guild" (organization of craftsmen) might "gild" (apply gold to) a many "gilled" (slits in the side used for breathing) fish.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a formal association of people with similar interests
  Synonyms: club, society, guild, lodge, order

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The verb gild has one meaning:

Meaning #1: decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
  Synonyms: begild, engild

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - forgylde, få til at tage sig strålende ud på overfladen

idioms:

• gild the lily    prøve at forskønne noget der fra naturens hånd er smukt
• gilded cage    forgyldt elendighed
• gilded youth    rigmandsbørn

2.
n. - lav, gilde

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergulden, opsmukken, verdoezelen, geld geven aan, gilde

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - dorer, illuminer

idioms:

• gild the lily    renchérir sur la perfection
• gilded cage    prison dorée
• gilded youth    jeunesse dorée

2.
n. - (Hist) guilde, corporation, confrérie, association

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - vergolden

idioms:

• gild the lily    des Guten zuviel tun, Vollkommenes (unnötigerweise) verbessern wollen
• gilded cage    goldener Käfig
• gilded youth    Jeunesse dorée

2.
n. - Gilde, Verein

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καλλωπίζω, λαμπρύνω, επιχρυσώνω
n. - συντεχνία

idioms:

• gild the lily    χαλώ τη φυσική ομορφιά με ψεύτικαστολίδια
• gilded cage    χρυσό κλουβί
• gilded youth    χρυσή νεολαία

Italiano (Italian)
dorare

idioms:

• gild the lily    strafare
• gilded cage    gabbia dorata
• gilded youth    figli di papà

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dourar, embelezar (fig.)
n. - associação (f)

idioms:

• gild the lily    adornar desnecessariamente algo já belo
• gilded cage    gaiola (f) dourada
• gilded youth    jovem (m) rico e elegante

Русский (Russian)
золотить, украшать

idioms:

• gild the lily    уродовать излишним украшательством
• gilded cage    позолоченная клетка
• gilded youth    золотая молодежь

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - dorar, dar brillo, sobredorar, embellecer

idioms:

• gild the lily    sobrecargar, dorar la píldora, adornar en forma excesiva
• gilded cage    jaula de oro, un medio ambiente lujoso pero restringido
• gilded youth    la juventud dorada, jóvenes de medios económicos, a la moda y de talento

2.
n. - gremio, cofradía

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förgylla
n. - förgyllning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 把...镀金, 修饰, 给...涂上金色, 粉饰

idioms:

• gild the lily    画蛇添足
• gilded cage    镀金的笼子
• gilded youth    上流社会的富有青年们

2. 基尔特, 协会会计专业

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 把...鍍金, 修飾, 給...塗上金色, 粉飾

idioms:

• gild the lily    畫蛇添足
• gilded cage    鍍金的籠子
• gilded youth    上流社會的富有青年們

2.
n. - 基爾特, 協會會計專業

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 도금하다, 치장하다

2.
n. - 상인 단체

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 金をかぶせる, 金めっきする, 金色に塗る, 飾る, 美しく飾る
n. - 商人団体, 組合

idioms:

• gild the lily    余計な手を加える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطلي بالذهب (الاسم) مادة الطلاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הזהיב, ציפה בזהב‬
n. - ‮יצירה מוסיקלית בעלת שני חלקיפ החוזרים על עצמם‬

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